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I've started anew in 2008! After lots of stress and personal termoil I'm back to putting my life together fitness wise. Unfortunately, I gained 65.5 pounds back - I've dropped 47.5 of that already - time to keep moving forward; the past is the past it's time for the NOW! Thankfully I had the support and the experience of Team Beachbody.

(2006)Three hundred and eleven pounds! What happened to

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I've started anew in 2008! After lots of stress and personal termoil I'm back to putting my life together fitness wise. Unfortunately, I gained 65.5 pounds back - I've dropped 47.5 of that already - time to keep moving forward; the past is the past it's time for the NOW! Thankfully I had the support and the experience of Team Beachbody.

(2006)Three hundred and eleven pounds! What happened to the one hundred sixty pound teenager who thought she needed to lose ten to fifteen pounds? Where had the XXL’s and the XXXL’s in the closet come from? “Insulin Resistant,” not a term I wanted to hear from the Dr. Another pill, gag! Insulin resistant, not a pre diabetic stage but often is an indicator that diabetes could be in the future. (My grandmother was a diabetic with major heart problems; she died at the age of 63.)

I have two beautiful daughters; a 13 year old and a 7 year old, and a loving husband of 17 years. I grew up being very active. I played basketball, rode horses and lived and helped on a diary farm. During college the weight increased, through a Dr. driven diet program (and a lot of money) I lost weight down to 170 pounds approximately a year after being married. I stopped losing even with a 500 calorie diet; then, I started gaining. The stress of working nights and buying a ‘fixer upper’ first home did not help. I gained the weight back plus some.

Skip forward in time, after two pregnancies of which two ‘big’ babies (a 10 pound 6 oz and a 9 pound even) were born, in January 20, 2003 I weighed 261 pounds. The end of January 2003 taught me that life can change forever in a split second. WOW, since being an innocent soul involved in a car wreck I’ve had to learn creative ways to function. My body had betrayed me! The normal everyday tasks of daily living cause unbearable pain. Exercise, when attempted had aggravated the bulging discs in my neck. Anything that vibrates, even riding in a car, disrupts the discs. That means pressure on the spinal cord causing numbness in the feet, legs, hands and arms. Medicines and more medicines, muscle relaxers, pain killers, anti-inflammatory the list continues containing seven different medications. Just to function!

March 2006, my massage therapist started talking about a workout that she had found and how wonderful it was. She started encouraging me to ‘try’ it saying that my feet NEVER had to leave the floor – NO BOUNCING! Somehow, my 6 year old turned the TV to the channel that had a Turbo Jam Infomercial. I watched and knew that Turbo Jam had to be what my therapist had been talking about. I had NEVER ordered anything off of TV but, I picked up the phone and ordered Turbo Jam. We left for vacation two days later. A package awaited my return from vacation. Our lives as a family got turned upside down and sideways upon entering our home. Minutes after we got home hubby received a call from a local hospital. His mom was in the ER in stable condition. He needed to go immediately to the hospital for any further information. Our children were very upset; we had just lost grandpa in August of 2005. After a week’s stay in the hospital, she was released to a nursing home, where she remains in a memory care unit.

April 13th, I started Turbo Jam at 311 pounds. I watched the entire DVD. Chalene seemed so sincere and so concerned. I felt like she was on my journey with me; always there to cheer and sometimes cry with me. I monitored my food but did not eliminate anything for the first month (my proof test). At the end of one month, I had lost 14 pounds and 17.75 inches! WOW! I had found an exercise program that I could do! Plus, it WORKED!!! The music is fun and motivating. The entire DVD feels like Chalene is in the room with me. She always seems to know what to say to ‘fix’ my form. It’s October 2006, I’ve been Turbo Jamming with Chalene for nine months now and I have lost 49 pounds and 45 inches!

My goal weight is 160 and I've no doubt I'll reach it. that program was created just for me! Thank You Chalene, you teamed up with Million Dollar Body and the combination is out of this world!! The message boards, WOWY, the information, the access to experts – WOW! How do you put into words a cyber family that is closer than a lot of families living under the same roof? I work out with people all over North America! I’ve joined the 100 Pound Pioneers; only individuals with 100 or more pounds to lose can join. There’s a coach that holds each of us accountable and challenges us to push past our own limits. Then, there’s the ‘Turbo Jam’ board area – WOW, WOW, WOW – dedicated individuals working to improve their health and the give and take of information is overwhelming. The boards contain some of the most FABULOUS individuals in the world.

Tina Kline put together a challenge, posted it on the boards and has ended up with around 70 women of all ages, races and sizes challenging ourselves and each other to push a little harder. Together we CHEER, we KICK each other, we CRY together and we PRAY for the health and well being of each other and our families! The entire experience adds a new dimension to my life. Plus, I’ve gained so many new family members.

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